Images generated by Grok, like Barack Obama doing cocaine and Donald Trump and Kamala Harris with guns, go viral on X, raising questions about Grok's guardrails
xAI's Grok chatbot now lets you create images from text prompts and publish them to X — and so far, the rollout seems as chaotic …
Q&A with Barack Obama on regulating social media, privacy bills, Biden's EO on AI, incumbents asking for AI regulation, generative AI and IP issues, and more
Nilay Patel / The Verge : Threads: @ezra , @reckless1280 , and @reckless1280 . X: @bkcharvard . Forums: r/technews Threads: Ezra Mechaber / @ezra : It's almost annoying how deep Barack Obama can go o...
Twitter begins removing blue checkmarks from legacy verified accounts, fulfilling one of Elon Musk's long-stated plans; Musk has called the system “corrupt”
Elon already took away the blue check from some publications like the The New York Times … Caroline Giegerich : The Twitter check shakedown has begun. Twitter has officially begun removing blue check...
HBO and HBO Max receive 140 Emmy nominations, while Netflix gets 105, Hulu 58, Apple TV+ 52, Disney+ 34, Amazon 30, and broadcast network TV a new low of 86
Apple, anti-gun violence messages dominate category Washington Post : Emmy nominations 2022: ‘Succession’ earns most nods; ‘Squid Game’ makes history Tweets: Atima Omara / @atima_omara : A very niche ...
In a speech on disinformation, Obama said social media firms' design choices contribute to polarization, and called for more transparency and Section 230 reform
including over the First Amendment—I didn't expect to find much to agree with in this speech. But it's actually very good, and worth reading, even if I don't agree with all of it. THREAD https://techp...
In a speech on disinformation, Obama said social media firms' design choices contribute to polarization, and called for more transparency and Section 230 reform
- Former President Barack Obama criticized social media companies for contributing to polarization through design choices on their platforms.
Internal documents describe how Amazon's lobbying helped it kill or undermine privacy protections in more than three dozen bills across 25 US states
has been the primary opponent to our efforts to pass good privacy laws. The fact that they privately gloat about killing the IL geolocation bill says everything about who Amazon really is. https://www...
Profile of Brandlive, a live video platform that became the crown jewel of Joe Biden's digital strategy, powering 230 campaigns and securing $30M in donations
As the COVID-19 pandemic forced live event organizers to rethink their strategies this year, there was particular attention … Tweets: @harrymccracken and @emmakinery Tweets: Harry McCracken / @harrymc...
Barack Obama says today's online information ecosystem, which boosts conspiracy theories like QAnon, is “the single biggest threat to our democracy”
Barack Obama was describing to me the manner in which the Mongol emperor and war-crimes innovator Genghis Khan would besiege a town.
To secure its supply chains and information networks against Chinese attacks, the US needs to reindustrialize and develop a skilled and innovative workforce
In 2011, then-President Barack Obama attended an intimate dinner in Silicon Valley. At one point, he turned to the man on his left. Tweets: @seanblanda , @rowantrollope , @johnmaeda , @foreignpolicy ...